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I am due to start a new job this week and will be teaching in a class where some children have challenging behaviour such as chair throwing etc. Does anyone have experience of this? I'm 6w on Tuesday and it's my first so rather concerned! I didn't want to tell the school this early on but my hubby is really keen for me to do so. Obviously the baby is our biggest priority right now. Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I worked in a school with aggressive children and we had to say as soon as there was even a chance we could be pregnant so we could then be put in an admin / out of class role. I would definitely say something.

I've worked with violent children. Absolutely tell them. How long have you known you are starting this job? Get in there and tell them quickly. They should already have risk assessments in place for pregnant teachers

Tell the head asap so they can do a risk assessment. I work in a quite challenging primary school and told my head and ta straight away (& kept quiet until 12 week scan with everyone else). Having my ta know meant she dealt with some things I would have done previously and also I just called for support from SLT when I needed to (much more than normal as I'm SLT myself!)

We also let the children and parents know quite early on and often I say things to them like "I'm not chasing you because I'm pregnant" if they ran off or just remind them I'm pregnant which seems to have helped them reset when they are in a heightened state.
Do let them know- it's for your own safety.

I work in a school like this with violent teenage boys-last pregnancy I didn’t tell them until I was 14 weeks because I was scared of their reaction (luckily I had the 6 week break in between so only worked for a month in total pregnant without telling them) I really don’t know what to do this time around as I haven’t even told our family yet. They weren’t particularly supportive last time either and didn’t even give me any class support until some of the male TAs started refusing to leave me, and then they still didn’t take it seriously.
I hope your school is more supportive and if you feel safer telling them I would. I’m still trying to make up my mind what to do. What I will say is as soon as the boys knew I was pregnant they were very good and almost protective of me-so even though they are challenging they may surprise you. Congratulations on your pregnancy!

Sorry I boycotted your thread a little there!

Im in a similar class although my kids are only small - they are still strong when in a temper! I told my school after my 12 week scan., but it was also only a few weeks after the summer break. Mine couldn't have been more supportive - although they didn't change me out of the room or to an admin role (and I wouldn't have wanted them to either!). Just made sure my classroom assistants knew and they were super helpful for all the physical things and keeping me away from the children more likely to hit out.
My school have been great at making sure I don't lift or chase any of the children and if anyone notices I'm having difficulties they are always quick to offer a hand or help out when needed. I'm now 29 weeks. I was warned by GP though to try and stay away from any biters as they weren't sure I could get a tetanus Jab during pregnancy.
Congratulations on your pregnancy 🙂